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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                        In the Matter of                        )
                                                                                )
                                        ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,        )
                                        INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,         )
                                        MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,        )
                                        THE OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, and    )
                                        WISCONSIN BELL, INC.,                   )
                                                                                )
                                                    Complainants,               )
                                                                                          )           
                                                                          v.                                  )                File No. E-97-34
                                                                                )
                                        AT&T CORP.,                             )
                                                                                )
                                                   Defendant.                   )


                             ORDER


   Adopted:  August 27, 1997            Released:  August 28, 1997

By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common
Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On June 9, 1997, the above-captioned complainants filed the above-captioned
complaint against AT&T Corp. (AT&T), alleging that AT&T unlawfully used billing name and
address (BNA) information for marketing purposes in connection with a sales contact.  The
complaint was served on AT&T on July 1, 1997, and answered by AT&T on July 31, 1997.  On
August 15, 1997, the complainants filed a motion to withdraw their complaint without prejudice,
based on information obtained in AT&T's answer.  AT&T filed a response to the motion on August
18, 1997, stating that it did not oppose the motion to withdraw.

     2.   We are satisfied that granting, in part, the complainants' motion to withdraw their
complaint will serve the public interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the
expenditure of further time and resources by the parties and by the Commission.  The complainants
move to withdraw the complaint without prejudice to their rights to refile in the event new
information indicates that AT&T has unlawfully misused BNA.  We find that the complainants have
not presented sufficient grounds to show that dismissal without prejudice would serve the public
interest.  We therefore dismiss the complaint with prejudice.  

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and the authority
delegated in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that the
complainants' motion to withdraw the above-captioned complaint IS GRANTED to the extent
indicated herein and is otherwise denied.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED.




                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Kurt A. Schroeder
                              Chief, Formal Complaints and
                              Investigations Branch
                              Enforcement Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau